WaimeaBay
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 969
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Posted on Jul 18 2006 05:41 PM
Any you guys have or have expierence with this baby? If so give the 411. My Dual Showman wil be retired accept for special occasions. I am looking for a new amp, not a vintage.
If this is no good give a good reccomendation for an amp that is killer for surf around the 1,000-1,200 price range.
Thanks
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krakatoa
Joined: Jun 15, 2006
Posts: 30
cleveland , oh
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Posted on Jul 18 2006 08:22 PM
I just bought a RI fender deluxe reverb and it is quite the little package. I lucked out on ebay and got it for 600 bucks. (only 5 months old) I highly recomend this amp.
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mom_surfing
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 5305
the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Jul 18 2006 09:31 PM
i have a RI twin reverb and a RI deluxe reverb and they both sound good to me. the deluxe is nice because of it's weight.
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Last edited: Jul 19, 2006 17:16:19
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WoodyJ
Joined: Apr 05, 2006
Posts: 1544
Bethlehem, GA
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Posted on Jul 18 2006 10:00 PM
The '65 Twin Reverb reissue is a great amp, very loud and very clean. It and the '65 Deluxe Reverb reissue are arguably the best of the Fender reissue amps for the money...for surf music.
The Fender Twin Amp, also known as the "Evil Twin" is supposedly not as good for surf as the '65 Reissue.
Hope this helps. You'll probably get lots of differing opinions on The Best Surf Amp in the price range you mentioned. Everyone has their favorite amp, guitar, effect, pick, strings, etc.
If you don't mind a used amp, an early silverface pre-pull boost Twin Reverb will knock your socks off, and you can pick one up for $700-800 if you look around. It is essentially a Dual Showman with Reverb in a combo cabinet.
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Twangler
Joined: Mar 26, 2006
Posts: 147
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Posted on Jul 19 2006 01:35 AM
I played a twin for a long time and loved it. It was an early 70's silver face with no master volume. If not for it starting to fall apart and some peer preasure to get a Shoman, I'd probably still have it.
Of course I played all rhythm back then, but I liked the reverb sound better than a tank. I think the pan is longer which gave it really nice decay although not as punchy.
I'd really like to get another one some day.
Spanky
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WaimeaBay
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 969
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Posted on Jul 20 2006 07:05 PM
one thing i am curious about is the 1/4 power switch. You can switch the amp from 100watts to 25 watts. This feature seems cool, but i am curious to know what effect is has on tone, if any.
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3832
netherlands
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Posted on Jul 21 2006 04:18 AM
beware of what you want to use the powerkill for, if it's for home use, the 25w feature might prove totally useless, 25 watt is club volume.
(I think the formula is, ten times the wattage is about double the percieved volume. I recently bought one of those 5 watt epi amps and it's indeed about half as loud as my bassman. at the sweetspot it'll blow out the windows.)
I used to have a Fender 75 which could switch from 75 to 15 watts - didn 't sacrifice much tone (nor, as said, much volume - for practical purposes it functioned more as an "earlier break-up" switch, actually)
best try it out in the store I'd say.
WR
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WaimeaBay
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 969
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Posted on Jul 21 2006 10:12 AM
^^ sounds like sound advice , thanks
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reverbmike
Joined: Mar 31, 2006
Posts: 37
Moss Landing, California
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Posted on Jul 21 2006 03:26 PM
I had a reissue Twin that was one of the sweetest amps I've ever owned. Maybe I was lucky, but it sounded great even at low volumes. I let it go and purchased a '64 Showman. I wish I had kept it AND bought the Showman.
reverbmike
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PhatTele
Joined: Jun 05, 2006
Posts: 445
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Posted on Jul 26 2006 03:51 PM
A friend of mine bought one of the RI Twins as part of his travelling rig. It sounded a pretty sterile. So, what we did is:
1) Rebias the power tubes. The factory setting was at 19mA at under 500V...that's way too cold. We ended up at about 40mA per tube at under 500V (and that's not really pushing things). That really made the amp sound good and warm...still clean but not sterile in the least.
2) Swapped the stock Jenson speakers with Weber ceramic Californias.
The combination of these two tweaks really sent this RI Twin into the warm but clean zone. It's a beast to lug around, but it sounds fantastic now....like turning off a shrill switch.
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Boulder_Bob
Joined: Mar 29, 2006
Posts: 132
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Posted on Aug 14 2006 09:19 PM
Fender Dual Professional - in your price range and has much better reverb (and tremolo) than a Twin and is a hand wired amp - they come up on the bay fairly regularly
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